The Murphy administration is proposing a plan for the state Economic Development Authority to purchase $100 million of NJ Transit’s valuable property around rail — parking lots or awkward, under-used parcels — and generate development, more ridership and revenue for NJ Transit. The idea, according to an announcement from Economic Development Authority CEO Tim Sullivan […]
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Euclid space telescope finds 1.5 trillion orphan stars wandering the Perseus cluster (images)
Using the Euclid space telescope, scientists have discovered a staggering 1.5 trillion orphan stars drifting through a massive cluster of thousands of galaxies, one of the largest structures in the cosmos. These orphan stars, ripped free from their own galaxies, are filling the space between the galaxies of the Perseus cluster with ghostly blue light. […]
A Palestinian baby in Gaza is born an orphan in an urgent cesarean section after an Israeli strike
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her mother left it. Their home was hit by an Israeli airstrike shortly before midnight Saturday. Until that moment, the family was like so many other Palestinians trying to shelter from the war in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah. Sabreen’s father was […]
Nicholas Rossi appears in US court and again insists he is an Irish orphan
A man extradited from Scotland to the United States to face a rape charge has made another appearance in court in Utah. Nicholas Rossi continued to contest his identity when he appeared at a virtual hearing in the Fourth District Court in Provo, where he was referred to by his defence lawyer as “Mr Knight”. […]
US fugitive who claimed to be Irish orphan extradited from Scotland
A fugitive suspected of faking his own death has been extradited from Scotland to the US to face charges including rape following a lengthy case in the Scottish courts. Nicholas Rossi (36) had claimed he had been the victim of mistaken identity – telling courts he is an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight. But a […]